ARTICLE IX. port. If any veffel of the United States fhall be Regulation caft on fhore on any part of our coafts, fhe in cafe of fhipwreck, fhall remain at the difpofition of the owners, and being and no one shall attempt going near her with- forced into out their approbation, as fhe is then confidered particularly under our protection; and if any veffel of the United States fhall be forced to put into our ports by ftrefs of weather, or otherwife, fhe fhall not be compelled to land her cargo, but fhall remain in tranquility until the commander fhall think proper to proceed on his voyage. 腼 ARTICLE X. tected in If any veffel of either of the parties fhall Veffels prohave an engagement with a veffel belonging certain to any of the Christian powers within gun fhot cafes, of the forts of the other, the veffel fo engaged hall be defended and protected as much as poffible until fhe is in fafety; and if any American veffel fhall be caft on fhore on the coaft of Wadnoon, or any coaft thereabout, the people belonging to her fhall be protected and affisted, until, by the help of God, they fhall be fent to their country. ARTICLE XI. Privileges of veffels in If we shall be at war with Chriftian any power, and any of our veffels fail from the cafe of war. ports of the United States, no veffel belonging to the enemy, fhall follow until twenty-four hours after the departure of our veffels; and the fame regulation fhall be obferved towards the American veffels failing from our ports, be their enemies Moors or Chriftians. ARTICLE XII. Ships of If any fhip of war belonging to the United war belongStates fhall put into any of our ports, she shall ing to U. S. not be examined on any pretence whatever, examined. not to be even though the fhould have fugitive flaves on board, nor fhall the governor or commander of the place compel them to be brought on wear to be fhore on any pretext, nor require any payment for them. Ships of faluted. Commerce on the foot. ed nation. ARTICLE XIII. If a fhip of war of either party fhall put into a port of the other and falute, it shall be returned from the fort with an equal number of guns, not with more or lefs. ARTICLE XIV. The commerce with the United States fhall ing of the be on the fame footing as is the commerce with moft favor- Spain, or as that with the most favoured nation for the time being; and their citizens fhall be refpected and esteemed, and have full liberty to pafs and repafs our country and feaports whenever they pleafe, without interruption. ARTICLE XV. Privileges of merhants. In cafe of ers not to be enflaved, but ex Merchants of both countries fhall employ only fuch interpreters, and fuch other perfons to affift them in their bufinefs, as they fhall think proper. No commander of a veffel fhall tranfport his cargo on board another veffel; he fhall not be detained in port longer than he may think proper; and all perfons employed in loading or unloading goods, or in any other labour whatever, fhall be paid at the cuf tomary rates, not more and not lefs. ARTICLE XVI. In cafe of a war between the parties, the war, prifon- prifoners are not to be made flaves, but to be exchanged one for another, captain for captain, officer for officer, and one private man changed. for another; and if there fhall prove a deficiency on either fide, it fhall be made up by the payment of one hundred Mexican dollars for each perfon wanting. And it is agreed that all prisoners fhall be exchanged in twelve months from the time of their being taken, and that this exchange may be effected by a merchant or any other person authorized by either of the parties. ARTICLE XVII. Merchants may buy & cept those Merchants fhall not be compelled to buy or fell all fell any kind of goods but fuch as they fhall goods exthink proper; and may buy and fell all forts prohibited of merchandize but fuch as are prohibited to the other Chriftian nations. ARTICLE XVIII. to other chriftian nations. examined not after, All goods fhall be weighed and examined before they are fent on board, and to avoid all Goods to be detention of veffels, no examination fhall af- before fent terwards be made, unlefs it fhåll firft be pro- on board, & ved that contraband goods have been fent on unlefs in board, in which cafe, the perfons who took the cafe of contraband goods on board, fhall be punished according to the ufage and cuftom of the country, and no other perfon whatever shall be injured, nor fhall the fhip or cargo incur any penalty or damage whatever. ARTICLE XIX. fraud. Veffels not to be de No veffel fhall be detained in port on any pretence whatever, nor be obliged to take on board any articles without the confent of the tained. commander, who fhall be at full liberty to agree for the freight of any goods he takes on board. ARTICLE XX. If any of the citizens of the United States, or any perfons under their protection, fhall How difhave any difputes with each other, the conful putes fhall fhall decide between the parties, and whenever the conful fhall require any aid or affiftance be fettled. How from our government, to enforce his decifions, it fhall be immediately granted to him. ARTICLE XXI. If a citizen of the United States should kill crimes fhall or wound a Moor, or, on the contrary, if a be punish- Moor fhall kill or wound.a citizen of the Uni ed. How eftates citizens posed of. ted States, the law of the country fhall take place, and equal juftice fhall be rendered, the conful affifting at the trial; and if any delinquent fhall make his escape, the conful fhall not be answerable for him in any manner what ever. ARTICLE XXII. If an American citizen fhall die in our counof deceafed try, and no will fhall appear, the conful fhall fhall be dif- take poffeffion of his effects; and if there fhall be no conful, the effects fhall be deposited in the hands of fome perfon worthy of truft, until the party fhall appear who has a right to demand them; but if the heir to the person deceafed be prefent, the property fhall be delivered to him without interruption; and if a will fhall appear, the property fhall defcend agreeable to that will, as foon as the conful fhall declare the validity thereof. Confuls & ARTICLE XXIII. The confuls of the United States of America, their privi- fhall refide in any fea-port of our dominions leges. that they fhall think proper; and they fhall be refpected, and enjoy all the privileges which the confuls of any other nation enjoy; and if any of the citizens of the United States fhall contract any debts or engagements, the conful fhall not be in any manner accountable for them, unless he fhall have given a promise in writing for the payment or fulfilling thereof, without which promife in writing, no application to him for any redress fhall be made. ARTICLE XXIV. Regula tions If any differences fhall arife by either party infringing on any of the articles of this treaty, is in peace and harmony fhall remain notwithstand- cafe of war. ing, in the fulleft force, until a friendly application fhall be made for an arrangement, and until that application fhall be rejected, no appeal fhall be made to arms. And if a war fhall break out between the parties, nine months fhall be granted to all the fubjects of both parties, to difpofe of their effects and retire with their property. And it is further declared, that whatever indulgences, in trade or otherwise, fhall be granted to any of the Christian Powers, the citizens of the United States fhall be equally entitled to them. ARTICLE XXV. This treaty fhall continue in full force, with Duration of the help of God, for fifty years. We have delivered this book into the hands of the beforementioned Thomas Barclay, on the first day of the bleffed month of Ramadan, in the year one thousand two hundred. I certify that the annexed is a true copy of the tranflation made by Ifaac Cardoza Nunez, interpreter at Morocco, of the treaty between the Emperor of Morocco, and the United States of America. THOMAS BARCLAY. treaty. ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. I, the under-written, the fervant of God, Taher Ben Abdelkack Fennith, do certify, that His Imperial Majefty, my master, (whom D H |